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Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts

Christiana – A New York Singer You Should Get to Know – Video

Every now and then we run across a new artist or singer that really impresses us.

We found Christiana from her Facebook page and YouTube channel and are wondering why more people have not picked up on her distinctive style and unique talent.

She hails from New York and has spent a lifetime singing, dancing, and learning how to act - and has an impressive number of professionally done studio videos of her music.

Christiana is the Granddaughter of a famous Opera singer and you can tell by her fashion and musical dexterity that the glamor and style has transcended down through the generations.

The thing we liked most was her throwback to the classic vintage style of music. You know - music that you can actually listen to, enjoy, and understand the words.

Christiana names Judy Garland, Celine Dion, and Queen as her big musical influences – and we definitely see that as young and beautiful as she is, she sports an old soul when it comes to her music.

She almost comes across as a Marilyn Monroe meets Madonna old-fashioned style, but a few of her photos and music videos actually have a slight Lady Gaga look and feel – and we mean that in a good way.

Christiana is very elegant and sophisticated, and clearly does not need a meat dress, plastic egg, shoulder horns, or bizarre costume to express her mood.

She seems very comfortable in her own skin, and this is most evident in her video “Being Alive”.

With a sound somewhere between classical Madonna and Celine, it is a great example of her musical range and emotion she puts into her music.

Watch Christiana perform "Being Alive"


In another song titled “Werewolf”, Christiana shows how effortlessly she can belt out the power notes.

In every song we listened to we could always hear a blend of styles – sometimes pop, sometimes romantic, sometimes musical Broadway, other times more vintage old school.

It is refreshing to find an artist who seems to be all about the music and not the fame, costumes, paparazzi, TV appearances, World tours, tabloid stories, and meat dresses.



Christiana seems like one of those artists that could really outshine her competition if given the right opportunity, producer, studio exposure, and set list.

Perhaps the world is not quite ready to return to the days when music was music and Hollywood was Hollywood.

But someday, we will all wake up and realize that Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Kanye, and others were just an output function of a massive marketing scheme designed more to make money than actually entertain us.

Christiana is a classic musical entertainer.

Yes, someday we will once again stir our inner desire to simply listen to and enjoy music for what it is meant to be – music.

Good luck Christiana, we hope you get your big break and are given the opportunity to express yourself to the world in the way you so clearly are prepared for.

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It was Paris’ turn to showcase what menswear will be available in the Spring/Summer seasons of 2011/2012 last weekend, and everything was a stunner…, well maybe not everything, like the horror that was the Givenchy and Kenzo collections, sigh. But here are some of my favourite looks from last weekend.

Dior Homme

I just don’t see Kris Van Assche’s vision for Dior Homme. He should focus on his namesake brand KVA.

Dries Van Noten

I love shades of brown

Hermes

This is my favourite collection from Paris this season

John Galliano

Another shade of brown, but it wasn’t Galliano who made this happen. It was the new guy at the label, Bill Gaytten. I’m anxious to see more collections from this newbie.

Lanvin

Alber Albez is seriously on track to turning Lanvin into a brand as big as can be. His success at Lanvin reminds me of how some of today’s biggest luxury brands Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Gucci through Marc Jabobs, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Tom Ford respectively where revived.

Louis Vuitton

Vuitton’s menswear line has a new Creative Director in the form of Tim Jones who grew up in Kenya. This was an exceptional collection and can only do good for LVMH.



Miss Dior Cherie Paris



Graff Père Lachaise by reel aesthete on Flickr.



Graff Paris, FR 2010 by reel aesthete on Flickr.



Sweet Sorbets in Paris



Tiger on Flickr.



Hatch on Flickr.



Jimi on Flickr.

Video - Justin Bieber Attacked and Knocked to the Ground in New York City

Poor Justin Bieber.

After a long 24 hours of press while promoting his new “Someday” fragrance, he ran into a little trouble on the streets of New York.

Bieber did the David Letterman show last night and read the Top Ten List, visited the Today Show staff this morning, and wrapped his morning with the gaggle gals on The View.

After his television appearances he headed over to Herald Square to meet his fans at Macys when things went terribly wrong.

Bieber had entered Macy’s to do a quick session with reporters and then headed back outside to greet his fans when a man jumped a metal barricade and secondary rope line and knocked Bieber to the ground.

Witnesses say Bieber was visibly shaken when his two body guards jump into the fry to isolate Justin from the rest of the crowd.

Other witnesses say that it took three bystanders to subdue the attacker until police arrived.

One girl said,

“The guy just jumped the line and started attacking Justin. He pushed him around and finally knocked him to the ground. Everybody was screaming and running around and all you could see was people everywhere.”

Watch Channel 7 Eyewitness News Report


After the incident Bieber returned to the store and went upstairs to meet with fans that had a prearranged meet and greet with the pop singer.

One girl in the crowed was slightly injured but refused medical treatment.

There has been no official statement from Bieber’s camp or Macy’s.

That must be one mighty powerful perfume….

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Fire twirling beneath Notre Dame, in the moonlight



St. Jean of Montmartre catholic church

The new album sounds amazing. Lucy Rose was there, hnnng (and she’s so cute). I met Jack Steadman. And I almost died, it was so hot in the venue.

Such a great night !!



















parisvsnyc is such a wonderfully intelligent and artistic blog, and it makes me smile :)



original photo by sma_kee at flickr.com



THE SPITTING GARGOYLE perches above Paris from the Galerie des Chimטres of Notre Dame Cathedral, France.



This is how he looks after 4 hours with Paris Hilton.

Before and after??  

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untitled by deakrostochil on Flickr.



“I was hoping to get some authentic french fries at Back to the Fifties in Paris but it’s not on the menu.” - (c) Harry





feed the birds





paris en argentique





If You Will Ever Come ~ Stargate ~ La Pyramide du Louvre ~ Paris ~ MjYj on Flickr.



untitled by deakrostochil on Flickr.





untitled by deakrostochil on Flickr.